Zelda Wii .... NOT!(?) IGN Interview with Eiji Aonuma and Miyamoto

According to an interview of IGN with Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto, Twilight Princess could possibly be the last Zelda on the Wii. In fact, they didn't even start developing a new Zelda game, but they're pretty much still planning.
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Q: Supposing you do make another Wii Zelda game, are you hoping to have one-to-one sword control in the game?

A: Would you like that? We're still fleshing things out, so I'm more than happy to hear comments from everyone.

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Q: Can you speculate at all about how many years it will take before the next Wii Zelda is out?

A: Actually, I've been speaking with Miyamoto about allowing developers enough time to creating something really quality. Just how long that takes depends on the project.

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Q: Have you thought at all about setting the game in another setting?

A: I've thought about things like, "What if we sent Link to the contemporary world? How would he react? Or what if he was dropped into a WWII setting?" I've imagined all these ideas, but how these ideas might become a game, I still don't know yet.

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and a few quotes from Aussie-Nintendo.com (dunno where Miyamoto is supposed to have said this)

Regardless, should a new Zelda game get the greenlight for Wii, it'll have to be something of quality again, Aonuma said. "I've been speaking with Miyamoto about allowing developers enough time to creating something really quality. Just how long that takes depends on the project," he explained.

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Shigeru Miyamoto offered his thoughts, and said, "It's really hard to say because we've never had a Zelda that's appeared so early in the life cycle of the system, so it's definitely possible that there would be another Zelda on Wii. Of course, the challenge is that typically a Zelda game is something that takes three years to develop, so we'll just have to wait and see."

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Of course, Zelda fans will have Phantom Hourglass in their hands on the Nintendo DS later this year, and the good news for the Big N is that it's been performing very well in Japan. "The Phantom Hourglass has been released in Japan and reception has been very, very positive," said Aonuma. "We've actually been able to receive feedback from the users and we'll definitely take all of those comments into consideration when creating the next Zelda, whether it be for Wii or DS."

So what do you think? Will there really be no Zelda Wii game? I think there will be a Zelda Wii title, every Nintendo Console with potential had it's own Zelda Title. And Zelda TP was a Gamecube game in the first place as mentioned more than once. But having to wait three more years? Patience... I need patience... ARGH!

Hold your horses, the console's not even a year old yet. I think it's almost certain that a Zelda game for Wii will eventually come out. Nintendo has released a Zelda game for every console they've made so far, why stop now? (remember, TP wasn't originally meant for the Wii).

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Hold your horses, the console's not even a year old yet. I think it's almost certain that a Zelda game for Wii will eventually come out. Nintendo has released a Zelda game for every console they've made so far, why stop now? (remember, TP wasn't originally meant for the Wii).

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I agree, TP was also for the GC so it's not a complete Wii franchise. The Wii has only been out 1/5 of it's life span (I think) so imagine what's coming around in the future, a very good chance of a new Zelda game for Wii, possibly with online.

well all I know is if there isnt another Zelda Wii game Nintendo will definitely see people turning from them. But thats such a dissapointment! What happened to that little story about it being in development for more than a year! Im pretty sure Mr.Aonuma
was the only one thinking about it, while Miyamoto and everyone else was just working on Wii Fit.
What the hell happened to Miyamoto!? He makes one Zelda game that isnt a huge hit in Japan and just jumps to conclusion that nobody wants hardcore games anymore, they just want terrible games like Wii Play that have no depth to them what so ever! I bet the only hardcore game we're going to find from Miyamoto is Mario!
Ahh thats it im buying a 360....bastards!
Good luck to Mr. Aonuma though....at least someone understands there are still hardcore gamers that own a Wii.

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well all I know is if there isnt another Zelda Wii game Nintendo will definitely see people turning from them. But thats such a dissapointment! What happened to that little story about it being in development for more than a year! Im pretty sure Mr.Aonuma
was the only one thinking about it, while Miyamoto and everyone else was working on Wii Fit.
What the hell happened to Miyamoto!? He makes one Zelda game that isnt a huge hit in Japan and just jumps to conclusion that nobody wants hardcore games anymore, they just want terrible games like Wii Play that have no depth to them what so ever! I bet the only hardcore game we're going to find from miyamoto is Mario!
Ahh that it im buying a 360....bastards!
Good luck to Mr. Aonuma though!

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Most of your points are true, but don't you think you are jumping to a conclusion too quick? Miyamoto is focusing on all games right now that are scheduled for production in the near future, he doesn't want to worry himself with a game that won't be released for another year or two. He's putting his attention into WiiFit because they released it at E3, so customers are waiting. He wants to please them like any gaming company would want to please their customers. It's all strategy and planning you see.

The huge problem I see is that there are more casual gamers that own a Wii then hardcore gamers and casual gamers are basically keeping Nintendo going right now. Most developers are going to create casual games for them because they obviously get more money aiming torwards casual gamers. Sure, there still going to be hardcore games, but they will definitely decrease as more and more casual gamers buy a Wii. Eventually most developers will create more and more casual games...which in the end drives off the hardcore gamers to the PS3 and 360. I fear then Nintendo will simply abandon Zelda because no casual gamer is going to buy it...and if it dose exist within that time, it just wont be the same Zelda we have always loved Its almost like a freaking war with those damn casual gamers...!
But that just one of my predictions....

Well WarioWare isnt the only casual game. Wii Sports out sold Zelda by a lot! But in Japan Wii Sports isnt even bundled with the console and yet it still beat out Zelda. So thats what has Miyamoto very worried and which is also why we are going to see a lot more games like Wii Sports. I myself truly wouldnt mind if they added something that motivates the player to play more. Online or some unlockables is that to much to ask!

A real Star Fox Game, none of this walking around crap, strap in the cockpit and leave him there.

Anyhoo Zelda Wii is almost a given, I don't think the next console Zelda will be in development as long as TP was....at least I hope it won't be.....yet at the same time I do hope it takes a while because that means they have more time to add stuff to it and polish it....I don't know what I want anymore

i dont know why everyone is scared of casual gaming. just because there are going to be MORE casual games doesn't mean there are going to be LESS hardcore games.

if anything, casual games are helping hardcore games because:
casual gaming is the main selling point of the wii (for most ppl) and since the wii is selling so well, more devs want to develop for it. since more devs want to develop for it, we're bound to get more hardcore games made by third party.

Considering that Twilight Princess wasn't even a native Wii game but is a Gamecube port (which means it's not anywhere near taking advantage of the full power of the Wii), I'm disappointed that a real full-fledged Wii Zelda isn't already in-development.

I'm sure theres going to be a Wii Zelda. There were two Zeldas for the Nintendo 64, the GameCube, so why not two for the Wii? Of course we probably won't see it until 2010 because they usually take three years to develop.

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Considering that Twilight Princess wasn't even a native Wii game but is a Gamecube port (which means it's not anywhere near taking advantage of the full power of the Wii), I'm disappointed that a real full-fledged Wii Zelda isn't already in-development.

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Why are you saying that? Miyamoto never said there would not be a new Zelda game for the Wii, he said there was a small chance and that it probably won't come out for a long time since they have other concerns that are of more importance. I think Zelda TP did use good use of the Wii Remote even if it did come out for the GC, they had to modify some things to make it work.

i dont know why everyone is scared of casual gaming. just because there are going to be MORE casual games doesn't mean there are going to be LESS hardcore games.

if anything, casual games are helping hardcore games because:
casual gaming is the main selling point of the wii (for most ppl) and since the wii is selling so well, more devs want to develop for it. since more devs want to develop for it, we're bound to get more hardcore games made by third party.

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Don't you think they'll just release even more casual games? Gaming history shows that if a certain type of game sells well, publishers tend to just make more of them, usually to the detriment of other genres.

So its probably going to be somewhere near 2012 the next time we even see another console Zelda game! I just hope that level 5 dosnt go all casual, so I can enjoy many years of Dragon Quest! .......eh I just hope they can at least give us DS Zelda games!

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So its probably going to be 2012 the next time we even see another console Zelda game! I just hope that level 5 dosnt go all casual, so I can enjoy many years of Dragon Quest!

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No, I just finished saying that Miyamoto said that there might be a chance but there not very concerned now. And 2012? I know that's in 5 years (the usual life-span of a console) but who's saying a Zelda came will come out directly at release like TP did? It could be even longer. That's why I think there is a good chance of a new Zelda game coming for the Wii in a couple of years. There is a very small % chance it will come out in 2008.

Why are you saying that? Miyamoto never said there would not be a new Zelda game for the Wii,

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I know, and it's not what I said. I said that I was disappointed that (or if) it hasn't been started yet. This was based upon the original poster:

Secumfex said:

According to an interview of IGN with Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto, Twilight Princess could possibly be the last Zelda on the Wii. In fact, they didn't even start developing a new Zelda game...

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I think Zelda TP did use good use of the Wii Remote even if it did come out for the GC, they had to modify some things to make it work.

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Yeah I don't doubt it does make good use of the Wii remote (I can't speak from personal experience yet, as my Zelda was damaged/lost/stolen in shipping so I'm still without it) but I was talking as far as graphics capabilities and such. The GC has a 485 MHz CPU, 43MB of RAM, 162MHz GPU, and game discs have a 1.5GB capacity. The Wii has a 729 MHz CPU, 88MB RAM, 243 MHz GPU, and discs with 8.5GB capacity. So a game working within the graphics constraints of the Gamecube isn't anywhere near making full-use of the abilities of the Wii, regardless of how well the control interface has been patched to utilize the Wii remote. While Twilight Princess, Resident Evil 4, etc might look spectacular on the Wii, they aren't representative of what the Wii can do.

I'm anxious to see what a Zelda (one of Nintendo's flagship product lines) game will look like if designed from the ground-up to make full use of the Wii hardware. I'm just bummed that it seems like the clock hasn't started yet (or has hardly started), suggesting that we might have to wait 3 years to see this.